TNA One Night Only: British Empire Cup, the Manchester special, will see eight of the world’s finest battle it out in a one-night tournament, with seven company superstars joined by the winner of a gauntlet battle royal featuring well-known British and international stars. It is intended that the Cup will be defended each year on subsequent TNA tours of Britain.

TNA’s women’s division - the Knockouts - will also battle for their own trophy.

In Birmingham, TNA One Night Only: Joker’s Wild 2 will feature a first round of tag team matches where old partners or bitter enemies may be drawn to work together. The winnings pairs will then advance to a winner-takes-all gauntlet battle royal with a prize of £100,000 on the line.

Recordings for flagship weekly TV show Impact Wrestling will take place at London’s Wembley Arena and Glasgow’s Hydro Arena, with the Scottish date being broadcast live.

Footage will also be taped live in Dublin when the tour arrives at the National Stadium on Wednesday January 29.

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TNA President Dixie Carter said: “Along with the TNA IMPACT WRESTLING superstars and staff, I am ecstatic to again experience the unparalleled passion and energy of our fans in the UK.

“As TNA continues global expansion and Impact Wrestling ratings on Challenge TV continue to skyrocket, for the first time in our company’s history we have the pleasure of showcasing the incredible UK fans to the rest of the world through four individual broadcast events planned during the Maximum Impact VI tour.”

Kurt Angle added: “I absolutely love coming to the UK, as does everyone on the TNA roster, so I am delighted to be returning in 2014.

“The UK fans have been begging us to hold a PPV over there for years, so I can’t wait to tape two of them and make another piece of British wrestling history.”

TNA airs weekly broadcasts on Spike TV in the US, Challenge TV in the UK and more than 120 other countries around the world.